Best Alabama DEER RIFLE

For hunting 100 YARDS and under in thick cover I would like to hear your opinion and why.

OH HELL!!!!!!!! I started the same thread a few months ago. Hold on CHAD T!!! Your in for a ride!!?

100 yards.....thick cover.... .450 marlin in a Marlin 1895 guide gun!!....they don’t call me Big Bore for nothin!!

.45-70 will do the trick to in a heavy load like Buffalo Bore Ammo

Over/under on how many turdy/Turdy recommendations you get

30 06 or a 30/30

I am in with the first

Dirty-thirty with 190gr flat nose ... almost 2,000ft lbs of energy @ 2100fps

That sounds like a grenade launcher. Exactly what I’m looking for.

I’m hunting one of my private land tracts and if the deer doesn’t drop it’s a nightmare to find it. Would like as much punch and blood making machine I can legally Arm.

If you don’t like lever actions I’d think that a little short barreled .338 federal or a .358 Win would make a pretty good mess out of one

Ruger gunsite scout 308.

450 Bushey

35 whelen

Remington 1100 with a hasting full rifled slug barrel..

That 2100fpe looks a little anemic compared to the 3500fpe of the .450 Marlin or just about anything else if you want to drop one DRT........

And it should when your .450 burns twice the powder and twice the recoil. Great round with awesome performance and I wouldn't expect any less from you with a user name like Big Bore

45-70
35 marlin

Anything .243 and up with a good bullet, right on the shoulder knuckle. You won't have to track him.

Slug gun.

338 Winchester magnum. Works great well past 100 yards also.

I’ve had good success with .45-70 govt. Easy to handle and no tracking.

Love that one!

30 30..cheap bullets. And thats all it takes. Main reason is it won't waiste meat like most bigger calibers. I never understood using a 300 win mag or 45-70 ect...to kill a deer to eat. Your blowin a quarter of it up man. Some men must be short changed in other departments so maybe a big gun makes them feel better 😆

270 is what I use for all of it.

My go to in this case is my Winchester 30-30 with see through scope mounts in case you need to hit them iron sights with 160g Leverevolutions. Used to use the rem core lockts and still keep a few leftoever in my bag just in case. I have never had a deer run more than 50 yards after hit with this set up!

308 is my choice. Have used core locks for years but seems like Alabama deer can take a bullet better than other places I hunt. I’m gonna switch to ballastic tips next year. Hope to get better blood trails hard for me to track deer that’s not bleeding much in pine needles.

the one you like and fits whatever budget you have. Its perfect!

223 with ballistic tips.....

You are welcome.

Any caliber will work. But, I don't know why you'd choose a caliber where you'd be unable to take longer shots if your buddy invites you to hunt at his place and has bigger fields.

I have been using my Tikka .270 set up for western hunting. Literally blowing right through the deer and that’s wonderful, but it seems to not have the knock down power as some of these Others everyone is speaking of. I have to get a little more in tune with my terrain I’m hunting around here and find one that will do the trick.. Rememebr, if I have to track him them in this topography it’s a high chance of losing them.

Marlin 1894 in .44 mag. with a 1.5x5 Leupold vari-x 3.
Fill it with Winchester White Box 240 gr. SP's.

.45-70 is NOT a meat destroyer. i've seen too many killed with it. medium hole in, somewhat bigger hole out. blood, blood, blood, blood ...

stob, i have an 1894 in .44. williams fire sights on it. i've not killed a deer with it yet. but with my 67.5 year old eyes, i'm afraid, i'll have to go to a lower power scope. i'm thinking a 2.5 X old school leupold or other, maybe even a scout set-up. i don't want to lose the little rifle's carry-ability ...

Oh dear lord sweet baby Jesus !

Sling and stone

Don't forget the 5-25 power , 56mm super Hubble scope.

And the bonded bullets... gotta have at least a Partition that would clear nut to chin on an Elk for when you shoot them in the arse.

Remington 7600 pump, 30:06 180 gr SP Right I forgot the carbine part

Make that a carbine and you may be on to something....

Got a 1.7x10x42 Swarovski mounted on it. Great for shots from 3 to 300 yards.

Shooting 225 gr Accubonds at 2870 FPS. Not a lot of blood trailing needed. Had a bad experience with the 200 gr ballistic tip several years ago which blew up on a buck's shoulder at 20 yards so I made a switch.

Rem 760 pump carbine in 30/06 with 180gr roundnose bullets Rem loads. 1x-4x scope mounted low.

Marlin 1895 in 45-70 with a 1-4 scope.

If you shoot the low power stuff you can eat right up to the hole. If you shoot the high power stuff it will bruise the whole ribcage and look like someone threw a can of soup through it sideways.

If you're just 100 yards and in use a rifled slug barrel. A 12g slug will straight knock em down

Lots of good options listed slugs, the venerable 30-30 .for a hundred yader I wouldn't walk past a 44 magnum

I will just take my old .270. I've killed them at 5 yards and i've killed them at 400 yards.

22 mag tween the eyes or in the ear hole. No tracking needed 😂

Seriously though, speed kills. I like big heavy bullets too but a FAST bullet seems to put them down where they stand more readily.

Word! That will flat out smoke em.

I set up a 7mm-08 Kimber Montana with a Vortex Razor 1.5-8X32 scope in Talley lightweights for my woods rifle. It's light and fast at under 6lbs,and plenty powerful for close or far. I hunt with 160 GK HP's when I expect close shots.

I don't like levers cause they don't fit me well,so this is the lightest fastest woods gun in a round that's plenty powerful but low enough recoil that you can get another shot of you need to and won't be flinching.

I’ve torn up some hogs with my 3030

Rem. 870 pump, slug barrel, rifle sights, sabot slugs. You can get on em fast and they ain't going nowhere.

I love a Remington 7600 carbine length in 308 also.

Not even 1 person has mentioned the 6.5 creedmoor. Those guys are probably too busy telling their buddies how it’s the best thing that has ever happened to deer hunting since corn to read this thread.

The only thing that a creedmor has that a .270 doesn’t is the ability to be built on an AR platform. Besides that a .270 is the absolute best North American big game Rifle for shots out to 500 yards. Beyond that it gets interesting. Not outside 100 it’s a 12g slug all day long.

30-30 150 or 170 gr will do the trick, and has for me.

You can get a 270 in an AR

Where? I’ve never seen any long action cartridges built in the AR platform

https://onlylongrange.com/bn36-long-range-assassin-complete-upper-receiver/

https://nemoarms.com/rifles?tid=10

300 Mag

WTF would want an AR in 270??? Does it come in pink camo? That has to be the most ghey rifle ever.

Very skeptical of that.... I’ve never heard of it being done and that’s just the upper assembly with no reviews. Doesn’t tell me if it’s a-10 or -15 platform or what but it’s definitely got me curious.... thanks for sharing

My rifle

Are you crazy? The AR platform is the most field/user friendly firearm known to man.

Pink camo? Sure it does. Some guy named Larry threatened to sue them, if they didn't make him a pink 270 to match his bow

As you also think those sorry looking DNZ scope mounts are great, I'll put your opinion in the chitter where it belongs...

Any of your standard calibers should be more than capable of dropping one at less than 100 yds, pending shot placement. For a woods gun, I'd be looking for a lightweight relatively compact gun paired with the right scope.

.223
55 gr

those fat, heavy, short range guns are great..till they ain't. Buddy of mine got a Ruger 44mag rifle when they first came out for woods hunting. It cost him a monster buck when he walked into a field one day and the buck of a lifetime was standing 250 yards away. A Rem 760 thirtysumoddoughtsix would of carried that far with ease.

Seems like you have too much anger to be carrying on discussions. Not sure what’s got you so wound up about me liking ARs and DNZ scope mounts but I promise it’s not so big of a deal you have to go playing in toilets

How does that bait taste gator?

I wonder if they made a 7600. 35 whelen in a carbine . Man you could put a 10 round mag in it and blow up the woods . Lol

It would have to be AR10 frame

I would assume so but again I’ve never heard of a long action being done successfully. I’ve been looking for a 25-06 for years and those guys list one as available. That’s what I’m going to check on tomorrow while I’m snowed in from work. May have to give it a whirl!

Here ya go...25-06 AR-10

Why yes they do!

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/796047490

Bean field & Cutover - 7mag with Swarovski glass
Food plot - 25-06 with Swarovski glass
Woods - Marlin 336 in 35 Remington with fixed 4x Glass

Before next I’m gonna add a 450 marlin in either a short Barrel bolt action 16-18” or single shot. Max magnification on glass will be 6x


These are my current go to’s. They may change from year to year as I have somewhat of a collectors problem

7600 30-06 carbine, 150gr. core locks. Has been good for me, been shooting it for about thirty years.

Thanks

Damn ,,, not for that price . , be a hell of a gun though. Lot of recoil too

One of my want to have guns is a 460 s&w rifle. I have the pistol

Dammit. Y’all got me wanting a 7600 30/06 carbine and I’m freaking broke....

I am searching for one now. After owning a full size 7600 I am itching for a Carbine.

Great balance and very constant shooting guns.

I love a 7600 you get use to it you make it sling some lead. I always regret selling my in 06

Really is something nostalgic about them.

I’ve carried a 760 Gamemaster for over 30 years. Shooting 180 grain PSP Coreloks mainly. I’ve taken over 100 deer with it. Only lost 1 because I leg shot it. It’s a good woods and long range gun out to about 300 yards or so, maybe further just never tried.

Either of the two I brought with me.....They all kill'em dead, and I never leave the house with just one.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/790437796

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/797747996

7mm Rem Mag, 120 Barnes TTSX @ 3450 FPS = bang flop and covers out to 300 yds with no hold over.

You should be able to push those 120s past 3500fps. I’m getting almost 3300 with the 150s. (R22, 64.5g with a COAL of 3.3385)

Colt Model 1855 Revolving Carbine. 56 caliber 5 shot.

There is no such thing as a "brush busting boolit". Any projectile you attempt to fire through brush is likely to be deflected and miss and/or partially or even fully mushroomed and depleted of energy if it finds the target. Beyond that, the rifle you choose is personal preference.

3300 FPS is VERY fast for 150 gr bullets in 7mm Remington mag. Do you need two hands to open the bolt.

When young and dumb I loaded a 140 7mm mag going over 3400 fps in a Styr Pro-hunter. It turned the crosshairs in my Pentax light seeker.

I ran them in my old Styer at about 3250

The Styer never showed any signs of pressure, even though there was a lot of it. I shot the same load out of a Model 70 classic and it blew the primer and the bolt stuck. All guns are not created equally.

Oh it feels like a big ol' gator. Choot'em Troy Landry. AU338 was the bait on that hook rotten chicken, beef, or fish?

BS. I bet this would do the trick

^^^^^that is what I use

I’m loading 74.5grs of re22 with a 24” barrel, no pressure signs and shoots 1/2” 3 shots, really no need for any more though I feel I could get 3500 easily. I don’t go off col length, I measure chamber and seat off the ogive, seating these .060” off the lands at 2.730”.

Old remington 788 308 carbine,165 hornady tbsp loop

In Alabama, any gun that you can mount a light to and is accurate from your stand to the corn pile.

It was possum. Gators luv possum.

Browning Bar 7mm Rem Mag I will take a 10 yard shot or a 400 yard shot doesn't matter same effect...Deer down

This is a relative question and everyone has their own opinion. After shooting a few different calibers for a few years I decided the .308 was the caliber that performed best for myself and my type of hunting. I am currently shooting a Browning Abolt stainless with 22" barrel.

I like it. But would vote .44 magnum Ruger carbine. 240 grain of course. Open sights too no scope. My first deer rifle.

No pressure signs what so ever and it’s EXTREMELY accurate. It’s a Carolina Precision built Remington 700 action with a 26” Barrel. I seat off the lands too but with the Barnes they are nowhere near as picky as the Bergers. I’d have to go through my notes to see exactly what the jump is.

I prefer the 7mm08. Just my .02, and all the ones mentioned will work, but my question is why would you handicap yourself using a short range rifle? True you can kill deer at 200 yards with a 30-30 or 45-70 less with a .44, but as good as they kill can still be at a disadvantage. 45-70 has a brutal recoil.

its fun and i can never see more than a 100 yards usually 50 or 60 max. ive got other rifles if i want to shoot further but i cant remember the last deer i shot that couldn't have been killed with iron sights and a 3030

Brush-buckin' calibers is a myth.....Buckshot will go CRAZY when it hits a SMALL Limb....much less a rifle bullet. I'm 60 years of age....have taken probably 200 plus Deer with my BLR .243------find a 6" hole in the Brush and punch it in!!

How many have you killed by shooting them in ass with that 243?

.270 HAS BEEN THE BEST FOR ME. ANYWHERE FROM 15YARDS TO 250 YARDS

I've killed a few with my savage 110 in .270 and as many with my rem 7600 30-06 but they almost always run 40-100 yards even with a double lung/heart shot. I just got a 45/70 I'm itching to try in the woods. which load should I use? i wanted to pick up some buffalo bore hot loads for it, didnt know if I should go with the 300 or 400 grain

Depends on how much punch your shoulder can take.

I've seen a berger 140 hit a target like a shotgun pattern. Apparently trying to push them above 3600 doesn't work well. A buddy had a good long conversation with Brian Litz about the subject. His question was, "why would anyone want to build a 300 wby improved?"

A good question since a 300 Weatherby is essentially a 300 H&H magnum improved.

Can’t really go wrong with any of them

I’ve got a Winchester Featherweight Model 70 7mm-08. It is money. Also got a Remington 700 in 7mm-08. Money too. Both are topped with 50mm Vortex scopes.

.308 BLR

If that's the Rem 700 7-08 you bought from Justin it has been money for a long time, it's killed several and carries SO well.